The partnership behind the Power-to-X flagship project ‘Green Fuels for Denmark’ has decided to bring forward parts of the project in order to produce green fuels for heavy transport two years earlier than previously planned.
The partnership has decided to bring forward 100 MW of the originally planned second phase’s 250 MW electrolysis from 2027 to 2025, as well as to begin capturing sustainable carbon dioxide in 2025.
‘Green Fuels for Denmark’ can potentially supply green fuels corresponding to Denmark’s total domestic consumption of jet fuel by 2027 when the full second phase is commissioned.
The accelerated phase of 100 MW can produce more than 50,000 tonnes of sustainable fuels in 2025, mainly e-methanol for shipping, but the partnership will examine whether parts of ‘Green Fuels for Denmark’s’ expected production of green aviation fuels can also be brought forward to 2025.
However, the fulfilment of the Danish 2025 ambition, as well as the 2030 ambition requires the establishment of a regulatory framework that makes green jet fuel a real and competitive alternative to fossil fuels.
Denmark has a unique opportunity to create an industrial success story within green fuels for heavy transport. The Danish Parliament and Government have created a very good framework to realise this huge potential through their ambitious goals for the build-out of offshore wind and the construction of Power-to-X facilities
said Mads Nipper, Group President and CEO of Ørsted.
In addition, Søren Skou, CEO, A.P. Moller – Maersk, noted that Green Fuels for Denmark could firmly place Denmark on the world map as a Power-to-X frontrunner and an acceleration of the plans can help benchmark and scale sustainability efforts.
In the initial vision for ‘Green Fuels for Denmark’, the plan was to commission an electrolysis plant with a capacity of approx. 10 MW in 2023 and subsequently 250 MW in 2027 and 1,300 MW by 2030.
